Gas-engine-reversing switch.



1., asafl's. I PATBNTED 0011.15.1901.

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IVATBNTED poi. 15, 1901+ E. P. nu Pom, GAS. ENGINE mzvmsma SWITCH.

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AIWLIOATION FILED JAN. 3, 1907. i

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GAS-ENGINE-REVERSING SWITCH.

definite relation to the position which the crank occupies in its revolution around the shalt. it will be seen that any circuit controller which times the spark to this relation of the crank nntst in an reversing mechanism be correspondingly changed to time the spark to the new direct-ion of revolution.

My invention is designed to provide a device lorthe purpose so constructed and arranged that the engine may he reversed as to its direction of revolution hythe siinple manipulation ol a switch nithout the mechanical elements ol the usual reversing gear.

ljigure 1 is a perspevtive view of the essential parts oi any reversing devive shown detavhed from their supporting-parts and shown in connection with a diagram of circuits with which they cooperate Fig. l is a detail in side viexv of a l'riction s itch. Fig. l" is a detail inside view of a governor switch. Fig. 1' is a set:- t'ional detail of the circuit controller. I 2 to 10 are detail vie .vs ol'the brush shifting devices for the spark circuit controller. and 11 is modification of the device for shifting the shalt.

Referring to Fig. 1, D represents the shaft of a gaso-.

leneengine which in the ordinary four cycle engine is what iskn'own as the vain shaftor in the two vyvle en- On one end of said'shaft- The disk is fastened rigidly to the shaft v. hile the disk A is loose thereon and capable of sliding parallel to the axis oi the shaft and .is kept pressed toward the disk t by means'ot' a coil spring d arranged on the end of the shaft and hearing at one end against a collar on the shaft and at the other end against the disk 15etween the disks A and is arrangeda friction switch B. This consists of ventral disk portion with two opposite arm-like extensions. Fig. 1% This friction switch is pressed against the disk t. by means oi the disk A and therefore has a frictional engagement with them both hut'is loose and free to turn upon the shalt D; The rotary tension of this friction has a tendency to rock the irictionswitch B about the shaft Din one glue is its main crank shalt.

direction or the other according to the direction of revolution of said shaft D. This rocking'action of the friction switch B is restricted hy-the'systein oi levers K.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.inincd in two ways, one by Patented Oct. 15, 1907.

a numwit filed January 3,1907. Serial NH. 350,593.

at its lower end to the horizontalarm L which by means of an axial connection 1/ is rigidly connected to the upright. aria M. The axial connection L is suitably jonrnaled in a hearing in the framework, not shown. and the upper end of the arm M is forked and. provided with two pins which travel in a'peripheral groove in a huh N fast on and revolving with th shalt D. r I

H, H are two brush holders for the circuit controller for making the spark for the ignitcr. These brush holders are separately provided with oppositely arranged brushes V and V which bear upon the periphcral surface of a circuit controller T: which consists of a non-conducting hub last upon the shaft D and'provided with a metallic hearing contactb on its pcriphvry which is electrically connectedto the metallic shalt. shown in Fig. 1. The circuit con trollcr brush holdvrsli and H consist of yoke shaped pit-(cs whose inner ends einln'avc and turn upon the shalt D and tlu-y are individually rocked onsaid .shal't I) by the double hcll crank lcvcr P, P iulc'runicd at Z to the cnd of a main-lover Q. This lever has. a stationary lulcrum at Ft upon some portion of the framework, which is not shown.

I, l are two balls of a centrifugal govcrnrirr mounted upon the innt-r ends of springs S, S, thv outs-r ends oi which springs are connected on one sidv to the rigid collar X fast on the shaft D and th thor ends of which springs on'thc opposite sides of the halls arevoiuicctcd to a loose disk X capahlv of sliding longifi' L- din-rally on the shaft, D, Fig. l". J and J aritwo terminal spring contacts, rcspcctivoly, connected to tho two branches of the Icircuit hcrcaitcr described and one of which springs J is provided on one side with a non-conducting bearing adapted to be acted upon by the longitudinally sliding collar X. These parts ar so arranged that when the speed of the shaft D is at its "normal or maximum rate of revolution the van-i trit'uga-l action of the balls I, I" throws out thc springs S and S and draws the collar X away ironi'ctunact with the. terminal J oi said electrical circuit. But whvn the speed of thesha-it D falls to acct-Iain low rate of revolution, then the natural elasticity of the springs S and S throws the balls I, I toward the shaft. D and thruststhe collar X against the terminal J and forces it into cont-act'with its companion torniinal .l to. close an electrical circuit through thcse tvrininals, as set-n in dottcd lines in Fig. 1 andhcrealter more fully dcscrihtal.

Referring to F g. l the brush Y is d csigncd to make Contact with, the circu it contrt'illvr pl'atv b when .th-v

shaft 1) running in ono dircvtion' and the timing of its rclation'to the circuit c mtrt-llcr platv b is dotvrthv lifting oi thv hrnslr holder 11 through the donhlc crank lvvvr P. P and the main hand :lc'vcr Q "'lis other timing adjustnivnt engine is to be reversed. So long as the brush V and contact plate b are in'the same vertical transverse plane the brush V only is active in its sparking effect in relationto the plate 6-. To bring the other brush Y into operative relation with the contact plate I) of It; the circuit controller it is necessary t'o shift the circuit controller U -alnd the main shaft D longitudinally so asv to throw brush V off of contact with plate '12 and 'bring brush V. into' the transvers'c'planc of said co'ntact plat e .b. T, o accomplish this result is the pur- -'pose 0f the lever connections K, L, M. .When the shaft revolved clockwise or in the direction of the arrow in lfthe stress of the frictional engagement of thedisks A and upon the friction switch'll has a tendency to force-the link K downwardly, rocking the :l1veism L with it, and throught-hc rock shaft L and the upwardly projecting arinM, andits fork, pr ducqs 'on the hub N and shaft D an endwisce'movo nient ofthe entire shaft; shifting the shaft longitudipally and consequently bringing with it the circuit controller U andlcarrying the metallic contact plate I) of thecircuit controller underneath-the brush V. If thedirection of movement of the shaft D be reverse to that shown by the arrow then the frictional stress of the'disks A,.G, on the flic tion switch 13 will tend to the link K and arm L and rocking the upright arm lldbackwardly will tlntow"the shalt D and circuit controller. Uback again and will again restore the circuit controller plate 5 to its iorxner position beneath the brush V". p For equally moving both of the brushes V V, toadvance 'or retard their time of contact with the plate I); the double crank lever P, P is raised d1 lowered through the agency of the lever Q operating about its fulcrum .This is shown in'Figs. 3, 3, 3 3, Sand 6, in whichthe 'fl5 elevated position of the brush holilers H. and H is shown in Figs. 3 and 6, and the depressed position in Fig. 3 an'cl Fig. 5. As it isnecesary to change the timing of the spark tofthe different relation of the position or the-crank of the main shaft when running in one di fio rection, from that which it occupies when running in the other; is necessary that there should be some-dif- Jerentiation of the advance of tli'etwo brushes V and V cils-rsi this purpose the brush V may be advanced by th rocking of, the double bell cran'k lever P, P about its center?! independent of the'c'onjoint upward and downmovementof the two brush holders H, H. This :is'eflected -by' the rod tconnected to an upward projec Ltion the double bell crank, which rod t is connected it its oppbsite end to the reversing switch T. This re- .50.

- to-drop into contact seats s, s alternately. This reversing switch T is in electrical connection through wire 1 with batter-vb. and the primary of the induction coil having the spark circuit 8 and the other end of the versing switch is' fulcrunied at its center 10 and is adapt- I 5 primary wire is connected to any suitable portion of the engine frame.

The contact seats s, s are connected follows. The seat 8 through wire 2 is connected to the insulated spring G placed beneath a contact plate E attached in insulated relation to one side of the friction switch l3, and this contact plate thrmigh wire 5 is connected to brush V. I The other contact seat 8 of the reversing switcl'l T is through wire 4 connected to another contact spring G placed beneath a contact plate l l attached in insulating relation to the lower side ol theopposito end from the seat 3 to s will through rod t push the lever" arm Y, and consequently will rock the. brush holders H and 11 both in the same direction, the effect of which would be to advance the spark for the brush V and to retard it ior V whenever the shaft D is rox-"olWd in the direction of the arrow. The reversal of the switch '1 has a coactive relation also to the l( \-'(l' Q and co6pcr ates therewithto place the lever Q in a certain predetermined position hereafter more fully described.

The action oinly reversing device is as follows. As sumiug that the shalt l" is revolved clockwise or in the directionmf the arrow in Fig. 1. then the Contact piece 15 will be in metallic contact with Gthrough the other of the drag caused by the lnulioe'llect of the disks A and C- on the. intermediate irictlon switch B. As long as the switch T is in the position .on seat 5 the circuit can be made as follows: tro1n the battery b, wire 1. switch T, seat. .9, wire 4, spring G; contact E. wire 3, brush V to segment b, thence to the central shaft and engine frame to be returned to the battery. Now suppose it is desired to reverse the engine. The switch T is thrown into the other position in which it rests in electrical contact with the switch support s. If the lever Q is in such position that the engine will not reverse then the action of a cam Won the lever T will put the lever Q in such position that it will be advantageous for thereversing as will be hereinafter-room fully described. When switch T is turned to the right into seat s the double ann bell crank P, P, Y, Z,'will'be pushed to the.

left by rod 1 and the circuit controllerbrush V'will be set inthe advaneed'position of circpit timing. With the swit'chin seats there. can be no closed circuit at ali as the wire 2 connects s and the piece G where the circuit is broken, since G is not in contact with E. There fore the engine will begin to slow down, the engine not getting any spark at all. When the speed has dropped to that prescribed by the governor, the centrifugal force b'einglessened on the weights, springs S and S straight en out and press the collar X into contact with the terminal'J forcing it against l and the circuit. will now be through 3, wire 2, wire 7 terminals J, J which are now in contact) and wire 6, piece G, plate E, wire 3 and the brush V. The engine is now turning over very slowly and when the contact is made at V the piston is on its compression stroke, the spark being rather far advanced. The explosion will then be powerful enough to overcome the momentum of the balance wheel and'will" start it rotating in the opposite direction. The contact between terminals J and J will be broken with the centrifugal Iorce of the weights I, I and reversal in the direction of rotation will cause the friction switch 13 to move so that now E and (Erwin be separated andG and E will be in contact. Simultaneously with the change 01' position of the friction switch 15 the bell crank and yoke L, M, will throw the cam shaft D longitudinally so that the circuit controller segment 6 will come into con tact with the brush V. Newt-he action of the 'engine willproceed regularly as before since the brush holder V has been moved to a position of retarded spark which will be suitable to get the engine into operation atthc slow speed at which. it will run before piclting up its full load, the electric circuit being now through '1, s, 2, (3 E, wire 5 and brush V.

In explaining more fully the timing of the spark when the engine is turning in either direction; I refer now to Figs. 3,3, 3, 3, 5, G, the brush holders lit, H, being independent of each other and being held at their inner ends by the shaft D. 'lhe 'rods N and 0 connect.

the outer ends to the double bell crank P, 1?: When V is working the engine is turning the shaft counter" clockwise and toadvance .the spark it is necessary to raise the outer end of holder H; when the brush V on holder H is workingthe engine has been. reversed and so raising the outer end of brush on H will again advance the spark for this direction of movement. Therefore the main lever Q will have the sonic effect which ever way the engine is turning. To reverse,'however, it is necessary to give the active brush more advance than the other, for if we did notthe explosion on the returnv stroke oneach side of the dead center, would have the same position and While the first one might start the en gine reversing, the spark for the reverse running would be so far advanced as to prevent the engine from getting under way to full speed.

m I will now describe more in detail the action of the rereversing switch T. The'timing result isaccomplished,

by the switch '1 and rod t'acting on crank Y, z." This throws one brush .down and the other up. The-light rod is attached to a pin p on switch lever Tto move thecrank Y, Z, to the right" or left when the reversing switch T is thrown from one side to the other. This 210 tion will independent-,or nearly so, of the lever-Q which can still be movedlwithin its limits. In orderthat the brush holders shall assume an exact and definite position every time the switch is thrown, a cam W, Figs.

' 4, 4, "7, 8, 9 and 10 is so arranged that it lever Q, is too far down it will be raisedby cam W, But if the operator should have left-the leverQtoo high" or toofar from the switch, then a small book f pivoted on the handle d of switch T will pull down onleverQ'as seen in Fig. 10 at the same time that rod 1 moves the crank Y, Z.

I-n carrying out my. invention, 1' do not coiifine myself to the particular construction shown and described the longitudinol shifting 6f the shaft by the direction or revolution. In Fig. 1 1 have shown a modification of these parts in which I) is the main shaft and C a hub rigid thereon. Two peripheral grooves E F3 are formed in the hub side by side and having an oblique. communicating passageway at 112' A", B ,aretwo switch tongues pivoted between the grooves and having ,y ythat normally hold them across the. two is a transverse pin which plays in either ietwo grooves according to the direction of movement oflthe hub C. When the hub is rotating in the direetionof the full line arrow, the traversepinG" will takes rid stay in groove E the spring tongue A yieldingas in dotted lines to allow ittopass, but when the direction of revolution is reversed, as indicated by the dot ted arrow, the traverse pin G2 takes the'passag'eway x and passes into and stays in groove F the spring,"

independently movable brush holders with brushes, means for adjusting the brush holders to change the timlngo;

the contact and means for shifting the controlling contact from the plane of one brush. to the plane of the other brush. i

2a A gas engine reversing switch; comprising a rotary shaft bearing a rotary circuit-controlling contact, two independently movable brush holders hung upon opposite sides of the shaft and bearing brushes, means for adjust lug the brush holders to change the timing or contact,-

andjmeans for shifting the controlling contact from jtlie plane of one brush holder to the plane of the other brush-' holder. v i 3. A gas engine reversing switch comprising a rotary :shaft' havlng'a rotary circuit controlling contact, two

independently movable brush holders with brushes,' means for moving both brush holders in opposite directions, andmeans tormoving both brush holders in the; same'direction.

, 4.. A gas engine reversing-switch, comprising a rotary shaft made longitudinally iidjustable and having a rotary circuit-controlling contact, twoindependently movable brush holders with brushes, means for timing the Contact of the brushes with the-rotary contacts shifting device controlled by the direction 'of revolution of the short, and means for translating the movement of this do into a longitudinal adjustment of the shaft in one, direction or the other according tothe direction or revolution 5. A'gas englne'reversing switch, comprising a rotary shafthaving a rotary circuit controlling contact, m independently movable brush holders with brushes; menus.

vfor adjusting the brush holders to change the timing or the contact, a shifting device controlled by the direction of the revolution of the 'shaft and two pairs of circuit closing. contacts connecting with the shifting device whereby one is'opened when the other is closed, and circuit wires .con'necting these contacts respectively with the two brushes.

6. A gas engine reversing switch, comprising a rotaryshaft. hearing .a rotary circuit controlling contact, tw

independently. movable brush holders with brushes.- means for adjusting the brush holders to change the t-lmlng: of the. contact. an, electric'circult with branches-running to each brush. and an automatic governor switch consisting of a centrifugal governor on the shaft, and a pair ot'terrnlnal grilltncts arranged to be closed by the slowing down of the 'u'nor to shift the ell-cult from one clrcult controlllng b to thebther.

I. A gas engine reversing switch, 'cnmprlslng a rotary shaft hem'lntia rotary clrcultcontrolllm: contact, two independently movable brush holders hungupon 'opponhe' 

